By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE Zambia International Trade Fair (ZITF) will this year boost international exhibitions by providing improved facilities to enhance business relationships. Facilities would include a business conference where the private sector can...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – PROFESSIONAL Insurance Corporation Zambia (PICZ) Plc recorded the country’s highest gross written premium of more than K300 million in 2015. PICZ board chairperson Susan Wambulawae-Msoni said this when she presented the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – SOME stores at Jacaranda Mall have closed due to slow business and high rentals but the owners of the complex say they are refurbishing it and that it will now house...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – FIRST National Bank Zambia (FNB) has disbursed a total of K2 million to various customers as at the end of April this year under the cash back programme. The FNB cash...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) will provide a loan of about US$50 million to the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) for onward lending to the various sectors of the economy. The...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – THE African Life Assurance Company Zambia Limited has rebranded to Sanlam Life Insurance Company Zambia Limited. Sanlam, a South African-based financial services group, owns a 70 per cent stake in African...

By CHATULA KANGALI – GOVERNMENT has extended the tender for the supply of finished petroleum products to May, this year due some technical observations. The ministry of Energy last month advertised for tenders for the...

By JUDITH NAMUTOWE – COPPER production at First Quantum Minerals (FQM)-owned Kansanshi Mine increased by seven per cent during the first quarter of 2016. FQM increased output at the Kansanshi smelter by seven per cent...

By MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA – INTERNTIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has provided US$25 million loan facility to First National Bank Zambia (FNB) for onward lending. This is meant to increase...

From HELEN ZULU in Helsinki, Finland – A NUMBER of Finnish companies have shown interest in investing in Zambia, the Finnish Government has disclosed. Foreign Trade and Development minister Lenita Toivakka said here that a...